Saturday, April 4, 2015

Scandinavian diversity + The release date

Greetings,

We are stabilizing the 1.17 ETS2 update with the goal of releasing another open beta soon. In fact we hoped to surprise you and get it out still this week, but late on Friday it became clear that we are not ready yet.

The graphics rendering pipeline is undergoing quite some overhaul to speed things up ahead of release of Scandinavia. We see that it improved framerate stability on low-end computer configurations, the jury is still out whether it helps the same way on high-end computers. We are battling some last-minute bugs creeping in now, and the programmers insist on spending a couple of extra days to have a build stable enough for public consumption. We expect 1.17 public Steam beta will see the light of day next week,fingers crossed that the coders fix all the problems by then.

The good news is - our ultimate goal is clear and we are on path: release of Scandinavia DLC is scheduled for May 7, 2015. Yesterday we already released a little teaser just about that. If you haven't noticed it already, check it out:

Let's talk a bit more about what's coming in the new DLC: Scandinavian diversity.

The asset variation across Scandinavia territory is unprecedented for our games. The man-power we have poured into creation of new models and textures is exceeding even the work invested into the original ETS2. You can see that the look and feel of north of Scandinavia is very different comparing to the southern regions. Forests, fields and lakes of the south are giving way to mountainous regions filled with rock formations, cliffs, mountain valleys, and long twisty tunnels - which sometimes have even crossroads inside.

YAAAWWWWWN .... Nope , I ain't buying it....I have ProMods and I refuse to pay for a map that I can have for FREE . Micro transactions are not what games are about . I'l give you props SCS for making your DLC....but it's a shame you wasted your time though . . . Modders Pump out content on the daily , so I think i'l stick to that till your "dlc" is free or a Dollar .

then how do you possibly expect them to continue development of the game if they don't put out some paid content? Unfortunately running a company has its costs, and people have to eat. I hardly see this as a micro transaction, or on the same level as promods, who have already stated that future versions of the mod will require this DLC.

This is a expansion, it wasn't planned to have in the beggining, is diferrent than a season pass. They worked a lot to give it to us, they are only putting new content, not removing from the base game.

At least with the official add-ons I am assured of quality and stability. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying anything bad about ProMods, because I have never tried it. But I have had a lot of problems with different mods in the past, even just yesterday with the latest Mega Tuning Mod. It just f***ed up my whole game. That's why I prefer official add-ons.

1. SCS have more prefabs, buildings and companies. (I can see more companies than "Captain Cook" and "SCANIA" in the DLC)2. SCS have more things to do. (Now they work safely with 1.17 update, the Sc' DLC and easter DLC or Paint job DLC)3. SCS is a company who have to have money in their hands (*thebigbadonion)4. If you don't like it, don't buy it for f**k sake! Don't write bad comments. They have done games since 2002!!!! Shut your d**n mouth and look out to the window...

You shut up. Wooooooo, paintjob dlc. So much work into that. I can find thousand of them for free. Scand dlc , just release this shit. Betatester have it since february , are you all masturbate instead looking for bugs ?

You shut up. Wooooooo, paintjob dlc. So much work into that. I can find thousand of them for free. Scand dlc , just release this shit. Betatester have it since february , are you all masturbate instead looking for bugs ?

Promods will NOT work unless you have this new DLC. I personally will buy this not only to play with Promods, but also to support SCS for their hard work on improving a game this old. Future development will depend on this. If you want bugfixes and more expansions around the other left out european country´s id recommend you save some cash, and buy the DLC. who knows, maybe its your city they develop next. ;)

If you think you don't need the DLC, just don't buy it, easy, but it's not a very wise thing to do if you then bash SCS for releasing such DLCs. They need to get some income to keep things going and what's wrong with preserving and bringing new additions to the game they already have?

For me, I would spend my money on map DLCs but not paintjob and cargo DLCs, because I can make them on my own. Yet I won't criticize SCS for releasing paintjob and cargo DLCs because I understand they have to and it is their right to do so.

For a long time I always played with map mods and tried most of them with the possible combinations (ProMods+Poland, MHA+RusMap, TSM+RusMap, Hungary, including some local maps made by players in our local community) but right now I'm playing with no map mod at all. Why? Because it gives the best stability and significantly minimize FPS drops, which in the end results in a much better trucking experience--the very essence of this game.

@mark robinson: He never said it was too much for the DLC. He only said he'd have to save for it because of the conversion rate to his country's money. Maybe you don't understand that 10 euro might be equal to 200+ someone's national currency. Take a country like his, India, for instance, 10 euro = 682.07 indian rupees. If you had to buy this DLC for 682.07 euros, would you consider it absurd to have to save for it?

@Chidiebere Anyahara thank u for understanding. u said it exactly its about 682 indian rupee. i will not say itsa huge money but its something . but i will save money for it because i love this game a lot. and i never use any pirated copy of the game because i like the developers and their effort of this game that why i buy original game and going east dlc and some paint jobs lately . and playing this game for a long time

There is one very very important feature of official game add on，it will never make a low-end computer lower down its framerate, on the contrary as the blog mentioned，this time, this upgrade will improved framerate stability on low-end computer configurations. A DLC will not effect the computer too much like differemt mods because it perfectly fits the game.Mods like Promod map or some kind of environmental provement mods,it crash a game usually if you change the clarity of game or blabla on a low-end computer.I think maybe that's the reason why players trust official add on so much.

Ok just fuck you. The meaning of beta is to release something and correct the bugs. No need to spend 3 more weeks to polish the 1.17 beta , just release it for public , and those would be aware that it's bugged.

Yeah I know it's quite rare these days to have game developers being proud of their work and will like to give their absolute best shotWonder what would happen if a unplayable beta was released? I'd really prefer prerelase bickering above worst scenario ;-)

Yeah that's right fuck you scs for taking your time to produce a quality playable product that people will enjoy, how dare you! Release it in a bug riddled state right now! So we can all bitch and moan about how buggy it is!!!

In all seriousness, what's the point in producing a beta that's full of bugs and issues they already know about? It wastes their time, and it wastes our time. You seem to comment on every blog post whining and insulting, and demanding. If the game, and the developer annoys you so much, why do you bother?

great work usual, nice a to see a company taking their time to make sure evrything works ok for the players,not just release unfinished games and overpriced DLC for little content like most companies these days do

Renault already has two trucks,it's not realistic to ad a third truck for Renault first especially SCS is now working on a new MAN truck.And new Dafdidn't add to AI ?Your game must be something wrong-_-||

Nice SCS....That will be like a gift for me! It's my birthday. That day will never be forgotten, so, my seventeen years will be marked by that happening....Thank you SCS....Great work....but also I am waiting for coming out the new Actros MPIV for the base game to buy it and drive it across all Europe!

SCS, you have my deepest, deepest respect. Most of the big gaming companies abandon their bug infested games after releasing one or two patches that don't even fix half of the worst bugs. The fact that you still keep updating the game FOR FREE, so long after the release of ETS2 shows that you really care. Both about your product and your customers. So IMO there's nothing wrong with releasing paid DLC as an extra. I will buy the Scandinavia mod and I think you will deserve every penny I will have to pay for it. Same goes for every other future expansions (I remember something about rigid trucks DLC in the future..?).

So please people, don't forget that SCS is a small company, and that any of the bigger companies would have abandoned the game long ago and would have wanted money for any of the new trucks.

yeah,without more money，how could SCS get more people power to speed up and work faster for our dear ATS, ECS and news items.the more we pay, the happier we play.it's not the same situation, SCS and other big gaming companies...

I hope you guys made much of it at this DLC, which you showed before, bigger cities. Maybe not at this DLC or game, maybe at ATS, but I am really expecting some really large cities, not 8 squares ones, but like 50, where we could also use some rigid trucks for distribution (yes, having delivery points at shops too), also double or triple trailer trucks. I know it will really take some time to do it, but I really want it.

I wonder why the often stressed in posts is that you are a small company. Company size is not measured by the amount of employees, but the quality of the products. Surprise me, because when you negotiate eg. the license terms, you are on the precipitated position. Not to mention the staff who will always be identified with something small. I'd better say a growing company. Does not it sound better? I do not think you have absolutely nothing to be ashamed. Reading the posts of other people often see entries for small company. You always have to think about PR.

All right,I've read all the contents above....It seems that you're not gonna change the Majastic logo in version 1.17until the release of MP4, isn't？I'm confused about it, why don't you change it many many days before, you have got the license long time ago, is there anything protocol between you and Mecedes Benz？If not，that's really weird, or we we can describe with a good word,shit....Just a joke. But,yeah,I'm really confused about it,that's not a joke.

1.17 will be the base game update for the Scandinavian DLC. 1.18 will contain the new Mercedes garage and truck. The Scandinavian DLC was already in a so called frozen state when they received the Mercedes license. SCS has a proper development pipe line. Once you create an alpha or beta, you simply don't add new content. You only fix the content that is currently available..

Nice :-) and what about multiselection for truck and drivers? for example for multi sell and buy truck and for modification on more than one truck? now is boring sell truck by truck ... better will be to buy truck for every driver without truck ;-)

Great to hear about a Release date! I'm looking forward to driving this new Map Expansion, with the new cargo etc! Do you plan on expanding the other European Countries, like the Rest of France, Italy and include Spain and Portugal etc? I know it will be a long wait for us but it will be worth it with all the solid work you great guys do at SCS Software!

without 25.25 meter truck combinations this is like a plate with no food on it. most of the trucks operating in these parts of europe use the modular 25.25 meter combinations, there are several combinations using a regular 5th-wheel truck so thats not a reason to not have done it. huge sales point lost which is a shame as this has taken so long

Agree man!!! +1Also, I' m wondering whether Scs people realized that in Scandinavia the winter season is, you know, something real. Cold temperatures, snow, ice... Still waiting to get seasons, a better physics behavior/response (e.g. visual damage), one more point of articulation or several combinations, an improved economic system...just to name a few of many missing things. Give me a solid DLC and I will pay solidly for it. By now, your game (I cannot call it a Simulator) without mods really sucks.

Happy Easter, SCS ! Congrats for the finished task, surely this DLC would be what the fans have been waiting for. And don't hurry too much, I preffer buying it a few days later, in spite of remaining bugs. I propose for the future an expansion with france, italy, spain (maybe hungary and portugal too).

Sorry to keep asking the same ? but is it possible to give the roadside services a brand name and something in the prefab to make it look like its open for business . There are so many of these small services over all the map .If not possible Pleases tell me so I will stop asking .

i dont see the time to buy it!!!i play game since ets1 and lot improves this game do since graphics to gameplay!I wiosh ask if in future can think add Portugal and Spain like in ets 1!? Because i dont have problems start in other country but be so nice start in my country (Portugal)... Keep good work devs and ths for listen fans about rims and tyres :)

Awesome! Great work. Thank you SCS for all your hard work. Two bugbears I have with the game is that the loads are not heavy enough and that there are not enough hills or mountains for the trucks to climb. I want to see the trucks work harder as in real life as this is a simulation (I would like to have that option) and more variation of altitude in and around the town or cities. Thank you again for all your hard work.

It look nice, yes , but from that pictures , I can see that on map work people who realy do not know exactly rules on roads ...and if you want make something close to real life rules on road too, than you must make that too in game .... just look on that pictures here lines on roads and you'll see ignorance real rules on roads !! ...

I am very happy that they have a official release date for Scandinavia DLC, 7th of May. We have been waiting since february, i am very disappoined that you worked very slow to create and develop the game.

I hope that the next expansion will be rest of France, rest of Italy, Spain and Portugal. I would like to drive my truck in the southern european countries in the future.

this game is challenging enough without snow, but it might be cool. As long as theres snow tires to go with. think the main problem would be having to retexture all the scenery in the area with snow fall on it, sounds like that would be a big job or maybe impossible.

I am a big fan and love your game. But I also have some ideas for the game1. Blowouts and flats.2. When you go on dirt roads or down into the quarry you get dirty and dusty.3. Have truck washes to was your truck because of the above reason.4. Finish Italy, France, Spain, norther Turkey and Portugal.If you do these this will make the game PERFECT.

I agree that SCS made until now and tries to make further "nice things", but i was not joking. Due the licenses, they have interdiction in making damage to trucks, (what company wish to market their truck as "an easly to damage" one? ) And i suppose this limitation extend in all fields, also exterior aspect .... Is not their fault, is companies fault. As result, truck wash would be useless.

Need Performance Shop or Tuning Shop in the road side like as Fuel Shop.......Because in product delevery time sometimes we face hard damage of truck.....Then, there are no alternative to run with those damaged truck......... :( :( :(Please Set Performance Shop at road side like as Fuel Shop & Resting Place........

well they have been fucking about with something, check steam DB, 5 update shave bene on there this week, and not one has come to us, SCS pull thy finge rout of ones bottom and get this update out, me and my team have had to delay our map because were waiting for the update

I believe scs has hit cal-de-sac in money making innovations. I think its time they go back to releasing ets in regions like before but with cities expanded and regions wided to accomodate long haulers freedom they have currently.

For instance sell a region as a game (eg. UK, Germany,Belgium...) with a couple of cities as default between 5 and 10 then if one want many more cities in a region the can buy cities from you scs and modders. Modders should pay royalties from their profit.

"We expect 1.17 public Steam beta will see the light of day next week, fingers crossed that the coders fix all the problems by then." The word "expect" doesn't mean will. Guys, just be patient, and be happy about all the work SCS is doing.

Are you stoned or something? Where is the patch ?! There will again be a month to feed your Breakfast, you assholes !!! TIRED !! Not what was promised, what they say will release in the beginning of the week, the weekend is already, morons!!!!

"We expect 1.17 public Steam beta will see the light of day next week, fingers crossed that the coders fix all the problems by then."I want to stress this "fingers crossed that the coders fix all the problems by then."

Frankly speaking, these "Coders" have not been able to fix all the AI problems in 10 months, what would you expect from them in front with another complex problem ? Large companies have possibilities to hire good specialists, SCS was build on "enthusiasts" ... Of course it would be out this week, or the next, they are in hurry too, they need money for themselves, and working forward...

"We are stabilizing the 1.17 ETS2 update with the goal of releasing another open beta soon. In fact WE HOPED to surprise you and get it out still this week, but late on Friday it became clear that we are not ready yet....the programmers insist on spending A COUPLE OF EXTRA DAYS...We EXPECT 1.17 public Steam beta will see the light of day NEXT WEEK, fingers crossed that the coders fix all the problems BY THEN." In the End: They have NOTHING surely PROMISED regarding this week.

Again, they have NEVER promised anything to you. They owe you NOTHING. At the end of the day it is stil THEIR game! They have a limited amount of people working on a great simulator, so things won't be finished in a few days or months! I would rather pay €50,- euro's on a game that is fully developed and released then something called an early release....

Then why they write stupidity that they are so close to finish and they don't. SCS is keeping us in distance and feeding bullshit. They could prove a bit of respect and write a small dementi on Friday: Sorry folks, we didn't finished all fixes in time and we don't want to give you such version even for tests. But no, they have us deep in the ass and that's all in this topic.

So I guess you would rather take something unstable and buggy? I'm happy they take the time they have to polish THEIR game... If you want to play this game, fine. If you want to keep receiving updates, fine. But don't start whining about updates if they are a bit delayed.

guy, I do not whining, just expected a bit of respect from the SCS side. Misinformation or lack of information does not help in building client - vendor relations. So as a client, because buys their products, expects a bit of respect. Fact that they do something for free is not an excuse, we can pay for it, but then we will require.

Delays happen. There remains for us nothing but wait. Certainly SCS is doing what they can to give us this update. I know it's frustrating, but nothing else can do. Swearing will not help. Do your job as best you can and as quickly as you can to give us this update.

SCS team needs to get ready to make a patch so that it can be released without bigger troubles. And if I read correctly in their text, they not promised certainly it for the weekend, but hoped that it would be possible. Apparently, not all know how to read, or want to be misunderstood

Well, I'm kinda tired of all the bullshit I keep reading here. Nobody promised anything! It's not my fault if people keep writing shit without understandin' any English. Show some respect to SCS 'cause they clearly wrote "We expect 1.17 public Steam beta will see the light of day next week, fingers crossed that the coders fix all the problems by then."."We expect" doesn't mean "it's surely going to"!! Once again, shut the fuck up

If you expect a respect you should start from yourself and do not insult people. To strengthen the force of your arguments please start use the brain, and do not curse. Stop try to be a lawyer for people from SCS, because neither you are no good as a lawyer and they do not need a lawyer yet. Now you should to grow up a little and read with understanding too.

I understand that it sounded nice to say that there will be 1.17 out of, and I understand that people gets angry / annoyed. But I do not understand that on both sides of violating anyone .There SCS team or anyone else. True, it would have been great if the SCS team would put a little message on Friday that the delay in come out. And it would have been polite. But on the other hand they do not certainly have promised. They hoped that it would have been ready.Now, let's hope that they get it distributed condition as soon as possible, and we look for the bug.

I don't barking for no one and I blame only SCS. Not for the first time they fail to meet the term. If someone "expect" for something, other is "waiting", it's probably normal. But it is easier to disappoint than surprise, what they were trying to do, but they didn't work out.

I've noticed it, that SCS is a bad way between its fans forget. I mean the fact that they can not be bothered to write here, facebook or twitter, and what is the last minute situation. Then they come out and ask for forgiveness, and hard to appeal to rush, but never should not be in such a hurry that does not have time to write a few sentences.

But it would be polite to their side and would not cause so much confusion and gnashing of teeth among the fans.

you're right. fans should stand on the same side of the barricade but not always the case. however you must admit that they should have more respect often informing us. two three sentences it's not an effort as you write.

"It is easier to disappoint than surprise"...very well said my friend. I am a programmer myself and unfortunately I know how hard it is sometimes to get the things done and optimized in time for everyone. So just come on! Let's take a beer all together instead of spendin' our lives on this blog. Good things are about to happen. I am sure.

You're right, but we don't complain about delay, but lack of information about this. SCS could inform us on their twitter or facebook account, it could take only a seconds to write something to us, players.